Jan Nicquet I was born in Antwerp in 1539. He was a rich merchant from Antwerp, first noted in Amsterdam on 19 December 1593, when, together with his wife Margrieta Bosmans (or Boschmans), he passed his testament (Maandblad Amstelodamum 66(1979), p. 3). He was engaged in trade with Venice and London (Bok, Art Lovers and Their Paintings in Dawn of the Golden Age, Exhib. Cat., Rijksmuseum, 1993-1994, p. 158). Their son Jean Nicquet II was also a merchant, at one time factor for merchants in Venice, living on the corner of the Doelenstraet in den Ackerman. He married Constantia de Haze, the daughter of Hendrick de Haze and of Clara Coymans. After De Haze's death, she remarried with Albert Schuyt of R 28923. Jean Nicquet I's collection was singled out for praise by Karel van Mander, who mentioned a painting by Jacopo Bassano, a landscape by Gillis van Conincxloo with staffage by Marten van Cleef, a decapitation of Jacob by Jan Gossaert in grisaille, and a banquet of the gods by Joachim Wtewael, on copper, dated 1602. His portrait was engraved by Goltzius in 1595 (ibid). The daughter of Jean Nicquet I and Margaretha Bosman, named Margaretha Nicquet, married Gerrit Reynst I (before 1590). Reynst became governor general of the Netherlands East Indies in 1613 and died in Jakarta in 1615. After the death of Jean Nicquet II, Constantia de Haze (Haes) remarried with Albert Schuyt (of R on 8 November 1606 (Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p. 1017). Anna Schuyt, the daughter of Elbert Schuyt's first marriage with Anna Bernard, married Gerrit Reynst II, the son of Gerrit Reynst I. The couple was linked by marriage to Bartholomeus Moor and to many other prominent families. Note that Margaret Bosman continued to operate her husband's business affairs after his death (Gelderblom, Zuid-Nederlandse kooplieden, p. 309). Baerent Jansz., who appraised some of the goods, was probably the porcelain dealer of that name, sometimes called Barent Jansz. Porceleijn.